PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kosami Akagawa (ranked 3026 p4p, 3386 weight class) and Dona Jond (ranked 397 p4p, 435 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Kosami Akagawa has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Kosami Akagawa seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Akagawa
vs
Jond

178 cm
19
192
2 - 2 - 1

194 cm
19
185
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Kore Fight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Kosami Akagawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dona Jond!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jond scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Akagawa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Akagawa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jond closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jond misses with a body shot.
Akagawa is looking to land body kicks.
As Akagawa backs off Jond throws a huge counter combo but Akagawa manages to avoid it all.
Akagawa looks to score with a jab to the body but Jond is just out of range.
Jond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Akagawa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Akagawa closes the distance and clinches.
Jond blocks the elbow strike.
Akagawa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Akagawa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jond has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Jond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jond uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Akagawa.
Jond stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Akagawa.
Kosami Akagawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Akagawa throws a head kick but Jond moves out of range.
Akagawa misses the body punch

and Jond counters by clinching up.
Akagawa looking to throw knees to the head but Jond is blocking nicely.
Jond swings wildly with an uppercut but Akagawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Akagawa lands a knee to the head.
Akagawa tries to land a knee to the head but Jond blocks with his arms.
Akagawa tries to land knees in the clinch but Jond avoids the damage to the body.
Akagawa lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jond working hard to break the clinch.
Akagawa tries a knee to the head but Jond blocks it.
Knees to the body from Akagawa.
Akagawa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jond.
Akagawa misses with some punches.
Akagawa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Akagawa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jond in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Akagawa can't get the takedown.
Akagawa looking to throw knees to the head but Jond is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jond blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Akagawa tries to work over Jond's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jond managing to block the knees to the body from Akagawa.
Akagawa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jond tries to throw a body punch but Akagawa avoids it by throwing Jond back against the cage.
Akagawa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jond.
Akagawa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jond.
Jond lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Akagawa.
Akagawa tries a knee to the head but Jond blocks it.
Akagawa misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jond takes a knee to the side of the body.
Akagawa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jond.
Akagawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jond blocks it with crossed arms.
Akagawa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jond is defending well for now.
Jond effectively controlling the action here.
Jond blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jond blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Akagawa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kosami Akagawa dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

A decent looking body kick lands there for Akagawa.

Akagawa closes the distance and pushes Jond back into the cage.
Akagawa looking to throw knees to the head but Jond is blocking nicely.
Akagawa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jond's efforts to push away.
Akagawa tries to land a knee to the head but Jond blocks with his arms.
Akagawa connects with a knee to the head.
Jond prevents a takedown attempt there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jond on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Jond pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Akagawa has been working on his balance at Gym Goroshi London, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Jond.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Akagawa drives through and clinches with Jond against the cage.
Jond blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Akagawa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A right hook to the body lands for Jond.
Jond prevents a body shot from Akagawa.
Akagawa struggles to land a body shot inside as Jond controls his hands.
Akagawa scores with a knee to the head.
Akagawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jond blocks it with crossed arms.
Akagawa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jond managing to block the knees to the body from Akagawa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Akagawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jond blocks it with crossed arms.
Jond avoiding damage as Akagawa throws knees to the body.
Akagawa tries a knee to the head but Jond blocks it.
Akagawa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jond avoids it.
Jond tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jond wants to break free but Akagawa has control.
Akagawa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Akagawa keeps control of Jond as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jond's coach down at Chuckles Strenght and Conditioning was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Jond's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Akagawa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jond has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jond managing to block the knees to the body from Akagawa.
Akagawa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Akagawa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Akagawa has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jond avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Akagawa scores with a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Akagawa misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akagawa keeps control of Jond as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jond avoiding damage as Akagawa throws knees to the body.
Jond tries to circle away but Akagawa has him pinned against the cage.
Akagawa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Akagawa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Akagawa missing with knees to the body.
Jond is trying to break the clinch but Akagawa has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jond scores with a shoulder strike.
Jond avoiding damage as Akagawa throws knees to the body.
Akagawa tries to land knees in the clinch but Jond avoids the damage to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kosami Akagawa dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Akagawa misses with a head kick.
Jond keeps the fight on the outside.
Akagawa throws a head kick that misses.
Akagawa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Akagawa with the inside leg kick.
Akagawa is looking to slow Jond down with leg kicks.
Jond ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Akagawa moves away.
Akagawa wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jond stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Akagawa.
Akagawa moves in looking to clinch but Jond pushes him off.
Akagawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Jond.
Akagawa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Akagawa swings for the body but Jond moves out of range.
A combination from Akagawa does no damage.
Jond wants to counter the offense by Akagawa and move into the clinch position.
Akagawa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Akagawa pushes Jond away with a front kick.
Jond throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Jond.
Jond avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jond misses with a double jab
and Akagawa counters with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jond lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A thudding body kick lands there by Akagawa!

Akagawa has Jond up against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jond on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Akagawa tries a knee to the head but Jond blocks it.
Jond on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Akagawa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jond is defending well for now.
Akagawa missing with knees to the body.
Jond is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akagawa tries to land knees in the clinch but Jond avoids the damage to the body.
Akagawa misses with a knee to the head.
Akagawa tries a knee to the head but Jond blocks it.

Akagawa has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head and Jond goes down! Akagawa dives on top of him - Jond manages to get guard.

Jond is rocked!

It looks like Dona Jond has been cut.
Akagawa stands up over Jond, holding on to his feet. Akagawa throws the legs to one side and dives in with a huge shot that lands flush on the chin! Jond is out cold! Akagawa lands a couple more shots and the ref tackles him out of the way! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kosami Akagawa!